Happiness is cross stitch

Happy Freakin' Friday night update

First up is my new start of "Never Let You Go"

by Heartstring Samplery
I gave the 35ct cream linen a coffee bath, I love how it turned out, perfecto!

Next up I received my pre-stitch supplies from Jan at Tree of Life Samplings
for the retreat pieces that is being held in June, can't wait
I stitched the needlebook and the FOB pieces, there is still a pin cushion I need to pre stitch, love the colors
I stitched my bird black instead of the called for pomegranate color, if anyone noticed




I received my Prim Sisters kit from Country Sampler
This time it's a Primitive Betty's design, love the bunnies

I also received my Lizzie Kate "Birdz & Bugz limited edition kit

I believe it's a stitcher's wallet or the like

Since alot of you loved the "Witches Hollow" WIP

Here are some up close snaps for better detail

Oppsies! I missed a few pictures, Sorry! this is all you get for now

Kellie went to prom this year

That's it for this stay at home Friday night.

Off to stitch a little before the bed bugs bite, lol

Good Night!!!

P.S. Happy Mother's Day

I hope it is a blessed day for all you mom's

High Hopes

Hello! my fine stitchy peeps

Kellie has prom tonight.
Thank Goodness she can drive as of the week before last. She saved me lots of time running her to get nails and hair done today. So that left me a little alone time to snap photo's of almost all my spookies and get them posted
Here are my Halloween/Fall WIP's I hope to get done this year

My favorite is Witches Hollow by The Primitive Needle. There's so much to look at in this design, love it! Next time I will post up close photo's so you can see the details

Halloween Rules by Lizzie Kate

Me thinks I have stitched four more Rules since the last time I posted an update. Did you notice I switched the Rules around? Just to make it my own and different from everyone elses

Fancey's Sunflowers by Pineberry Lane

Now if I can finish this off nicely, no promises, it will be for an upcoming retreat exchange

Something Wicked by La D Da
Stitching on Havana linen with silks

Hoodoo Voodoo by The Primitive Needle, love the spooky icons in this one

Victorian Halloween Houses #9 and #15/Judith Kirby

This has been a WIP for oh! some 15 years? lol

14ct Aida w/DMC

There might be one or two more lurking deep in the baskets and bins

Which is your favorite? love to hear from you

Off to take pictures and go to the Grand March

Thanks for visiting!

May Day Pageant and stash

Happy May!!!

We are so fortunate to be one of two high schools in the US to celebrate the crowning of a May Day queen. The school has been doing it since 1933. This year it is the 80th year
The freshman just watch
The sophomores do a march with the flags
The juniors wrap the pole and
then there are six seniors that are considered for the queen
Kellie a sophomore, she is holding the blue flag

This is the current queen this year, last year's queen is sitting on the top left of the photo

We got there an hour early, it was packed. The town is dead for May Day and football games

Before the wrap, the cheerleaders cheer for the queen, two girls sang, one played a piano song and there was a men's ensemble to entertain the queen.

Then the juniors are escorted to a circle around the may pole

The lights get turned off and the strobe lights and the music start to play

Here is the list of the 80 queen's announced since 1933

Next year they are going to try to get as many as possible to return for the celebration.

Quite a few are still in the community

It is a fun event and is so sad more schools don't practice the ritual

O.K. on to the stitchy stash



I can't wait to start this sampler by Heartstring Samplings

"Never Let You Go"

I'm going to my parents to get coffee to stain the 35ct cream linen tomorrow, so by Friday night it should be ready for needle and thread.

I love the Scripture verse:

I wish I was a little seed I'd grow & grow & grow

I'd twine myself around your heart and never let you go

Better run and make some dinner as I am late and everyone will be home soon

My computer is taking way too long to upload photo's

Happy May!!!

Construction completed on block 8

Good Morning!!!

House #8 finished

Houses of Hawk Run Hollow

Here's what it looks like so far...

4 more houses to go

Here's my new car...

Hyundai Sonata 2012
I love it!!!!

Have a stitchy weekend!!!!

Casting a Spell

Hi!
I made progress over the weekend painting and stitching more of the 6 of 10 designs for the box.
I'm not exactly sure how to finsh the other boxes, the instructions say something about jello boxes. I do better looking at pictures of instructions then reading them, lol



Many of you that are on facebook have seen pictures of my new car, yay!
A 2012 Hyundai Sonanta SE turbo, I love it.
I haven't taken a picture with my camera, so I don't have one to upload just yet.
I haven't figured out how to put pictures from my droid on a post, directly from my phone

I hope you are all enjoying the beautiful spring weather. I know I am.

Happy Stitches!!!!

The First Robin of Spring

Happy Thursday!!!

I finished this freebie, finally...

The First Robin of Spring by Elizabeth Foster from 2003. I believe it was a freebie with a online order. I made it in a little pillow cushion for my smalls basket

When Anna was here a few Sundays ago, she twisted my arm ( I know, mean, right??!!)to stitch on Quaker Christmas. I'm glad she did because I love the progress I made.

Enough of Christmas.

Let's get on with my favorite... Halloween

I gathered all my Casting a Spell things together to paint the box.

As you can see I already stitched 2 of the 10 of the designs

Soooo, after Zumba class tonight I will paint the box. I was going to do it after this post, but after seeing I had 350 in my google reader, I think I'll try to tackle some of them

I'll leave you with snaps of GD Brianna by the daffodils

Thanks so much for stopping by my little corner of my world

Happy Spring!!!!

A Tisket, A Tasket, A surprise

Happy Tuesday!!!!

I finished A Tisket A Tasket by Little By Little

It was the March small for the 2012 Year of Smalls BLOG

Stitched on 32ct cream

I thought the linen was a little to bright for me, so I soaked it in coffee then baked it
The results...

A tisket a tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it,
I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it
A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket

I then finished it in a small pillow

A surprise in my mailbox, woohoo!!!!!

Nataly sent me in appreciation of me drawing her name for the LHN chart and threads
some of her needles and the best part they are my favorite color purple

Thank you so much for thinking of me. I have admired and even tried to win some of these on her blog

They are fantastic and so pretty.

Thanks again, Nataly

Anna was down from Wisconsin to stitch with me on a Sunday. She actually got me stitching on A Quaker Christmas a long lost WIP, lol. I will post pictures of it on my next post

Happy Stitching!!!!!

Prim Sisters hanging sampler pocket

Happy Friday!!!!


I DID IT!!!!!
It's not perfect, but I am happy with it

Prim Sisters School of Needlework hanging sampler pocket
Pineberry Lane kit


I received my 2012 April small kit from Cathy at The Inspired Needle yesterday

This is how the package came



Inside the pretty green tissue paper was this...


Tisket A Tasket by Little By Little
I couldn't resist putting in a few stitches last night. I was so excited about the sampler pocket I forgot to take a pic of what I stitched, another day, another post.

Happy Stitching!!!!!